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PCT4277336: Knight crosses Christian on his horse apprehending to strike with his sword a Muslim warrior protecting himself behind his shield - crusades - holy war - chromolithography (chromo) illustrating the cover of an edifying book (library of Christian youth) of the editions Alfred Mame & fils a Tours, 1875 - / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575660: English bullfight scenes: mounted picadors lance the bull 1, bandilleros stab the bull 2, and the matador delivers the death blow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678178: John de Eltham, First Earl of Cornwall, 1316-1336, second son of King Edward II of England. He wears a conical cervelliere helmet with coronet, vandyked drapery and gorget, sleeveless hauberk, platterarmour, greaves and gauntlets. He wears a hauketon and pourpoint under the armorial cyclas, ornamented girdle and studded sword sheath. Shield with coat of arms of three lions within a border France. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678400: Thomas Montacute or Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military commander during the 100 Years War and a knight, 1422. Montagu wears a fur hat, a suit of plate armour with ornamented palettes, a cloak and holds a pole-axe. A bevor helmet with overlapping chin plates at bottom. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678416: At knight, 1320. He wears a suit of plate armour on a cloth tunic with bassinet helmet, hauketon, gauntlets, ornamented kneecaps, short surcoat laced on the right side. From an effigy in Ash Church, Kent. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images